Linda Johnson Rice Quotes

The magazines were born out of a need that my parents saw: that there were no magazines that really spoke to black people. 'Ebony' wrote about architects and artists, the share cropper who sent his nine kids to college, real African Americans at a time when everyone else only covered them as entertainers and athletes.

Linda Johnson Rice

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Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says 'Come eat me!' I keep enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening. What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that's crazy.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

FoodMeCrazyNightDriveEnough

It's always nice to be able to play different things.

Merritt Wever

PlayNiceAlwaysThingsDifferent

The dynamic drives of modern economic growth, in the countries that entered the process ahead of others, meant a reaching out geographically; and the sequential spread of the process, facilitated by major changes in transport and communication, meant a continuous expansion to the less developed areas.

Simon Kuznets

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There's only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence.

Mary of Teck

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I want a happy life.

Michelle Williams

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Resilience isn't a single skill. It's a variety of skills and coping mechanisms. To bounce back from bumps in the road as well as failures, you should focus on emphasizing the positive.

Jean Chatzky

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Apps, email, and social are the three things Google does not control.

Jason Calacanis

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Simply expanding Medicaid does not improve health care outcomes. In Louisiana, instead we're helping people getting better paying jobs so they can provide for their own health care.

Bobby Jindal

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A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good.

Antoine Predock

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If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.

Anthony Hopkins

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I like to go into things, and I like to make the most bold choice to tell the particular story being told.

Winston Duke

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Talking about peace might not be exciting... some say you don't eat peace, but without peace, you don't eat at all.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

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